Example sentences of "[noun pl] centred around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In brief , such doubts centred around the use of experimental designs in this context and , related to this , the nature of the knowledge such an empiricist research strategy was capable of producing . |
| 2 | Mother Clare 's idea of covering obligations centred around the kitchen . |
| 3 | Neither the Labour Party , the Left contributors to Tribune nor the pacifist elements centred around the ILP were prepared to believe these protestations . |
| 4 | For McGregor , as for Pym , the major changes centred around the family system which prescribed the conditions for sexual relationships , changes which resulted in loosened bonds of matrimony , increased choice and reduced frustration and suffering . |
| 5 | Functions-many organisations are divided into departments centred around the function that they perform such as personnel , finance , research and marketing . |
| 6 | The themes centred around the lone legionnaire who has given up his past for the Legion , yet still longs for his former life and forgotten loves , his home and his happiness . |
| 7 | Formal and informal groups of mothers centred around the welfare of children . |
| 8 | With the scripts turned over to Christopher Barry and Raymond Cusick some of the earliest discussions centred around the form and shape of these Dalek survivors . |
| 9 | There is also a strong nucleus of contemporary artists centred around the Art College of Madeira ( Instituto Superior de Artes Plasticas da Madeira — ISAPM ) which has students from Madeira and Portugal taking courses in art , sculpture , graphics and visual art . |
| 10 | Several studies have characterised the young social drug user as an adolescent who is alienated from school and who is more involved with peer group activities than activities centred around the home . |
| 11 | It was the first visit by a Turkish head of government since 1959 and talks centred around the purchase by Turkey of transport aircraft and weaponry , economic relations between the two countries and Turkey 's application for EC membership . |